It is with excitement that I welcome you to the first course of my new blog: A Helping of Helga. Around the middle of each month I’ll serve up a fresh portion for your reading pleasure. The menu will vary but will typically feature such fare as regulatory soup, a robust issue du jour, a hearty main course (that changes with the season) and ending with an inspired scoop or two of hope.
But seriously, this blog is a way for me to dialogue with nurses throughout the province sharing information, concerns, inspiration and stories I hope you will appreciate. You will have an opportunity to comment on all or part of each issue and I commit to respond to comments at least twice monthly. I so look forward to energetic conversation with you, my colleagues across the province.
This blog is one of two being launched at the College; the other is by our President Kathy Doerksen called Kathy’s Grey Matter (I’ll let her explain the title!). The blogs are part of a new eStrategy we will be implementing throughout 2010. You can read more about that in the January 2010 Manitoba RN Journal. In that same issue, you’ll also see my first column near the back of the magazine called The Last Word. Please give it a read. It too will be peppered with issues of the day; I encourage you to respond through letters to the editor, direct email or a phone call.
Over the next few months I’ll be joining staff at the College in an extensive consultation regarding scope of practice, reserved acts and the new Regulated Health Professions Act. Please join in on a session when you see it advertised in your area. If you can’t join us in person, you can participate by completing a survey you’ll find here. I value your opinion on this important topic and hope you’ll take a few minutes to tell us what you think.
In closing, please be reminded of the impact you as nurses have on the health status of Manitobans. It is a privilege to be a member of this highly respected profession and to serve in this role as Executive Director of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba. Through the care you provide, hope and healing is offered to the public in your care. Thank you for everything you do every day as a registered nurse in Manitoba.
Take care and I so look forward to connecting with you via this communication tool…I hope you come back for seconds!!!!
